Biophysical Society 63rd Annual Meeting | Program Guide

Travel Grant Awardees Student Travel Awards partially supported by The Rockefeller University Press.

Sunday, March 3 Constance Agamasu , Frederick National Lab, United States 256-Pos, B31 BIOPHYSICAL INSIGHTS INTO THE KRAS4B-FME-CALMODULIN INTERACTION. Salomon L. Alires , University of New Mexico, United States 728-Pos, B503 NOVEL SENSORS FOR DETECTING ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE RELATED TAU PROTEIN AGGREGATES. Lucie Bergdoll , University of California, Los Angeles, United States 269-Pos, B44 VDAC1 CONFORMATIONAL CHANGES INVESTIGATED BY HIGH PRESSURE DEER. Anne M. Brown , Virginia Tech, United States 230-Pos, B5 MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS OF GP120 and GP41 OF HIV ENV PROVIDE INSIGHTS INTO STRAIN SPECIFICITY AND THE ROLE OF THE MEMBRANE ENVIRONMENT. Sriya Byrapuneni , University of Minnesota Twin Cities, United States 584-Pos, B359 IMPACT OF HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY MUTATIONS ON THE CARDIAC MYOSIN SUPER-RELAXED STATE. Charles H. Chen , King’s College London, United Kingdom 435-Pos, B210 RATIONAL DESIGN OF POLYLEUCINE-BASED ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDES AS PROMISING AGENTS AGAINST CANCER CELLS. Zhen Chen , Rockefeller University, United States 90-Plat STRUCTURAL INSIGHTS INTO MDN1, AN ~540 KDA AAA PROTEIN REQUIRED FOR RIBOSOME BIOGENESIS. Rohan Choraghe , University of New Mexico, United States 609-Pos, B384 RHO MEDIATED MECHANICAL FORCE GENERATION THROUGH DECTIN-1. Megan Cullinan, University of Colorado School of Medicine, United States 179-Plat MEASURING DYNAMICS OF THE ACID-SENSING ION CHANNEL N-TERMINUS USING TRANSITION METAL ION FRET. Umidahan Djakbarova , Ohio State University, United States 462-Pos, B237 CELL TO CELL HETEROGENEITY OF CLATHRIN COAT DYNAMICS IS CELL CYCLE DEPENDENT. Fathima T. Doole , University of Arizona, United States 428-Pos, B203 EFFECT OF BIOPOLYMER TETHERS ON ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE ACTIVITY IN BIOMEMBRANES. Monica Florescu , Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania 732-Pos, B507 NANOZYME MODIFIED ELECTROCHEMICAL BIOSENSORS AS RAPID SCREENING TOOLS FOR BIOMOLECULES.

Jenisha Ghimire , Tulane University, United States 420-Pos, B195 DISCOVERING NOVEL ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDES USING HIGH- THROUGHPUT SCREENING AND RATIONAL VARIATION. Aparna Gudlur , La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, United States 215-Plat CALCIUM SENSING AND CONFORMATIONAL REARRANGEMENTS IN STIM1, THE ER CALCIUM SENSOR. Dvir Harris , Technion - Israel Institute of Technology 237-Pos, B12 STRUCTURAL REARRANGEMENTS IN THE C-TERMINAL DOMAIN HOMOLOG OF ORANGE CAROTENOID PROTEIN ARE CRUCIAL FOR CAROTENOID TRANSFER. Jagadish P. Hazra , Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali 91-Plat DECIPHERING THE MECHANISM OF FORCE DISSEMINATION THROUGH TIP-LINKS IN HEARING. Bence Hegyi , University of California, Davis, United States 491-Pos, B266 DIABETIC HYPERGLYCEMIA REGULATES POTASSIUM CHANNELS AND ARRHYTHMIAS IN THE HEART VIA AUTONOMOUS CAMKII ACTIVATION BY O-LINKED GLYCOSYLATION. Stephanie S.M.H. Hoehn , University of Cambridge, United Kingdom 99-Plat MECHANICS OF CELL SHEET FOLDING - EMBRYONIC INVERSION IN THE GREEN ALGAE VOLVOX. Adam A. Jabak , Bridgewater State University, United States 690-Pos, B465 INVESTIGATING HOW CHIRALITY OF A THREADING BINUCLEAR RUTHENIUM COMPLEX AFFECTS THE DNA THREADING INTERCALATION USING OPTICAL TWEEZERS. Robert C. Klipp , University of Colorado School of Medicine, United States 548-Pos, B323 STOMATIN DEPENDENT REGULATION OF THE ACID SENSING ION CHANNELS. Aravind Kshatri , Universidad de La Laguna, Spain 523-Pos, B298 DIFFERENTIAL REGULATION OF BK CHANNELS BY FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN. Harish Kumar , National Centre for Biological Sciences, India 142-Plat UNDERSTANDING THE MOLECULAR PARAMETERS DETERMINING THE PATHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF AMYLOID FIBRILS. Byung Ho Lee , Sungkwunkwan University, South Korea 382-Pos, B157 A NEW DNA INVERSION MECHANISM: RECOMBINATION OF THE DNA FOLDBACK INTERCOIL STRUCTURE.

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